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to make reference collections of their own, as being a useful method of practical instruction. Preliminary enquiries have also been made with regard to exchanging material with certain Continental and Colonial Museums, with a view to obtaining specimens of blood-sucking flies from other parts of Africa which are not, or inade quately, represented in collections in this country.
The official entomologists in Cairo, Khartoum, Uganda, and Southern Nigeria have all availed themselves of the facilities which we offer for the determination of insects of all kinds; but no material has been received as yet from the British East Africa Protectorate.
The final part of the first volume of our Bulletin has been issued during the current month. Every effort was made to publish it before the end of 1910, but this was prevented by an unexpected delay in the printing of some of the maps. The compilation of the index to this volume is now practically completed, and will be sent to the printers this week. A sufficient number of communications have been received for the issue of a further part, and most of the manuscript will be in the printers' hands by the end of this month.
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The subscriptions have increased in a very satisfactory manner during the last few months, the number of copies subscribed for up to the present date (25th Janu- ary) being 193, as compared with 111 at the date of the last meeting. So far there has been only a single withdrawal for 1911.
A statement showing the receipts and expenditure in connection with the first volume is submitted herewith. The cost of Part 4 can only be estimated, and there will be a further charge for printing the index; but even supposing the latter amounts to £10, the total deficit of £332 would still be well within the limit of £360 sanctioned by the Committee.
A general statement of the entire revenue and expenditure has also been circu- lated, and the majority of the items do not call for any special comment. The amount credited to the advertising agent includes 20 per cent. on the gross pay- ments for the advertisements, together with the cost of stationery and postages in connection with the circularising of over 200 firms. The agent, in a recent conversa- tion, stated that he could not hold out any hopes of being able to increase our revenue from this source at present, owing to the limited circulation of the Bulletin. The items which compose the credit balance of £891 14s. 10d. are shown separately on the credit side of the cash statement attached, and with them is included the amount of £1,050, which is still due from the Government for the current financial year. After the outstanding liabilities for December have been deducted, there remains a net balance of £1,737. The expenditure for the last quarter of the financial year may be estimated at £450, which would leave an approximate reserve balance at the end of the year of £1,287.
The matter of the Carnegie Scholarships has now been definitely arranged. Shortly after the last meeting Mr. Carnegie wrote to Lord Cromer expressing his agreement with all the proposals made by the Committee, and stating that he had instructed his cashier to pay over the funds promised, namely, £1,000 a year for three years. Arrangements were made with Dr. L. O. Howard, of Washington, who kindly agreed to look after the scholars upon their arrival in that city, and to make all provision for their proper training. Accordingly, Mr. E. H. Strickland and Mr. A. Rutherford sailed for Washington on the 21st January. Dr. Howard proposes that they should be sent to Cornell and Harvard Universities respectively for the first year, and that they should make a tour of the experimental stations attached to his Department during their second year. Mr. G. H. Grosvenor will not leave for the States until June. In connection with the enquiry into the habits and distri bution of tsetse flies, 35 replies have now been received, principally from Northern and Southern Nigeria, Nyasaland, and the Gold Coast. As it seems probable that further replies may yet come in, it is suggested that the analysis and general colla- tion of these reports should be deferred for the present.
The last official news received of Mr. S. A. Neave was from German East Africa, when he was making his way from Langenburg to Dar-es-Salaam, from which place he would go by boat to Mombasa. But private information has just been received from his parents that they had heard by cable of his arrival at Mombasa on the 3rd January. He was considerably delayed in German East Africa by the fact that both he and all his carriers went down with tick fever. A large collection of insects made by him in the Luangwa Valley and Nyasaland has recently been received.
Mr. Simpson had also suffered from the hardships of continual travelling during the wet season in Northern Nigeria, and had to spend 10 days in hospital at Zungeru.
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But at the date of his last letter he had recovered, and was just starting on his final tour in the Colony with Dr. Scott Macfie. He then expected to be sailing from Forcados for the Gambia about the middle of January. He reports very favourably upon the interest taken in the work of the Committee by the medical officers in Northern Nigeria.
ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE (TROPICAL AFRICA).
Cash in hand:-
Crown Agents
Scientific Secretary
Government grants unpaid
Sundry subscribers
Cash receivable:-
Sundry advertisers
Cash Statement.
£ s. d.
£ s. d.
854 9 8
4 18
5
0
0
Longmans Green and Company
Sundry liabilities (estimated):-
1,050 0
13 14
12 0 0
6 12
9
Salaries for December and Bulletin, Part 4 Net credit balance on 31st December, 1910
204 0 0 1,737 14 101
£1,941 14 10
£1,941 14 10
Statement of Expenditure and Receipts in connection with The Bulletin of
Bulletin, Parts 1 to 3:-
Printing
Entomological Research."
£ S. d.
£ s. d.
Maps and illustrations Commission on sales... Estimated cost of Part 4
Subscriptions to Volume I. up to 21st Janu-
ary, 1911
Advertisements
Debit balance
192 8 3 147 1
2 10
100 0
3290
106 4 10
13 14 322 1
0
4
£442 0 2
£442 0
2
ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE (TROPICAL AFRICA). Statement of Revenue and Expenditure.
From 1st April, 1909, to 31st December, 1910. Receipts.
Government grants Sales of scientific equip-
ments
Sales of publications Advertisements
£ S. d. 1,343 1 4
Payments.
£ 3,000 0
s. d.
0
Salaries
General expenses
57 16 7
17 15 4
Scientific equipments
201 9 3
103 14 10
Camp equipments
100 0 0
19 14 6
Travelling expenses
97 0 6
Office furniture
16 8 0
339 9 5
2 10
25 13 5
£3,141
4 8
9
Publications
Commissions Specialists' fees Advertising agent Credit balance
6 0 6
891 14 10
4 8
£3,141